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In parts of Canada, the term "Civic Holiday" is a generic name referring to the annual holiday on the first Monday of August. However, this definition is far from uniform nationwide as Quebec, Newfoundland, and Yukon do not recognize it at all (in the Yukon, a civic holiday is celebrated instead on the third Monday of August as Discovery Day ).
In December 1990, this day became a national observance in Canada with the passing of the Workers Mourning Day Act, so that on April 28, 1991, it was officially the National Day of Mourning for persons killed or injured in the workplace; making April 28, an official Workers' Mourning Day. [2] [3]
National day of mourning on 12 June [645] Italy: 1 June 14 Death of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi: National mourning on 14 June, day of state funeral. Half mast flags for 3 days, from 12 to 14 June [646] Greece: 3 June 14-16 Victims of the 2023 Messenia migrant boat disaster: National days of mourning on 14, 15 and 16 June. [647 ...
In Canada, it is commemorated as the National Day of Mourning. Workers' Memorial Day is an opportunity to highlight the preventable nature of most workplace incidents and ill health and to promote campaigns and union organization in the fight for improvements in workplace safety. The slogan for the day is Remember the dead – Fight for the ...
While Americans celebrate their independence on the Fourth of July, Canadians celebrate their national day a few days earlier. Canada Day, on July 1, is the national holiday when Canucks from ...
For the first time this year, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day were declared on Sept. 30 in Canada to mark the lost children and survivors who were taken from ...
In honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral service, the federal government has declared a federal holiday and a national day of mourning on Monday, Sept. 19. Here's what's open and closed on the ...
National days of mourning are typically declared for presidents of the United States, usually on the day of their funerals. Beginning with the November 25, 1963, mourning of John F. Kennedy, these days are also considered federal holidays. [4] There was no official day of mourning for Herbert Hoover. [5]